Auto-heater.



UNITED STATES PATENT, FFICE.

CHARLES V, NTHLENAT, OF SHERIDAN, ILLINOIS.

Auro-HEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

Application filed March 23, 1916. Serial No. 86,166.

To all ywhom t may concern Beit known that I, CHARLES V. ANTHENAT,

` a citizen of the United States, residin at Sheridan, inthe county of La Salle, t tate `of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Auto-Heaters; and

`lf do hereby declare the 'following to be a i, full, clear, and exact description of the in vention, such as will enable others skilled in the ait to which it appertains to make and use the-same.

This invention relates to heating devices,

and is'adapted particularly Ifor use in eonneetion with motor vehicles."

The `primary obi-ect of the mventlon 1s to provide a simple and efficient means for directing heat units to the interior of the nnotor vehicle, whereby the occupants of the vehicle may be made warmand comfortable during cold weathen A further object of the inventionis to providea device of the character described which utilizes the `heat radiating Vfrom the motor and exhaust pipe.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device -of this character which is capable. of being operatedl to heat the car when desired` and which may be entirely closed if need be. to prevent the admission ofheat to the vehicle body.

With these objects in view. together with V others which will appear as the description vice'embodvinffmv invention. Fifrf-Q is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of ig. 1, Fig. 8, is a detail perspective view of the radiator plateremoved from the vehicle and.

illustrating the same'in lclosed position, and Fig. 4, is a. perspective view of the damper plate for lthe heater.`

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the vehicle motor is indicated generally at l5, and is provided with the usual exhaust pipe communicating with the various cylinders of the motor and extend- 1 ing rearwardly therefrom beneath theloor 7 of the vehicle to the niuilier (not shown-'lLv at the rear of the vehicle.

Arranged upon the. inclined forward por# tion of the floor 7 and preferably in close proximity to the dash of the vehicle body is a radiator plate 9. This plate is rectangular in'shape and may be formed of thin metal, the said plate being positioned directly over the exhaust pipe of the vehicle motor. The radiator plate has a centrally depressed portion, thefjuncture of the lateral edges of the depressed portion with the side portions of the plate forming spaced parallel shoulders 10. This depressed portion is provided with aA plurality of elon` gated slotsv constituting ports or apertures through which heat beneath the vehicle floor may pass into the vehicle body. stantiallv narrow laterally disposed slot 11 isprovided in the radiator plate 9 adjacentthe-rear edge thereof, the said slot being` of a length equal to the distance between the shoulders 10 at the edges of the depressed portion. Spaced parallel langesfl depend from the underside of the radiator lplate \9. the said flanges being spaced aparta distance. equal to the lengthF of the slot 11, and each flange is provided with a longitudinally disposed channel or groove 13 communicating at one end with the adjacent end of the slot 1l. A damper plate l-l is provided and is adapted to slide within theslotlll and to'- engage at its edges within the channels 13 formed in the flange 12.. This damper plate may be provided at one end with a finger tab 15 to facilitate sliding `of the same.

` The opposite end of the plate is cut away as at l to permit of the same engaging over thc. exhaust pipe. beneath the vehicle floor. The forward edges of the depending` flanges 12 may be rounded or shaped to correspond with the contour of the rear portion 0f the engine casing.

A heat collecting member is arranged over the exhaust pipe upon the vehicle mo- A sub-v tor, the said element consisting of a metallic `plate 17 provided along one of its longitudinal edges ,withv suitable apertures througlriwhich bolts 18 may be inserted to secure the said plate at one 'edge to the motor easing, and is bent outwardly and ydownwardly throughout the remainder of its lateral extent to inclos the rearwardly extending exhaust pipeas shown. The rear end of the plate 17 may be contracted into substantially funnel shape as shown. and

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diiection Y`to...pass through the elpertures.

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Y Hat wit-hin the depressed BEST AVAILABLE cox` 2 formed in the depressed portion of the radi ,o tor plate.

be Withdrawn from the flanges 12 and laid portion of the plate 9 with its lateral 'edges V#portion with the edge portions' ofi the radiator plate.' It is thus seen that the daxnper memberl lies flush .with the uppermost sur face of the radiator plate, :ind members 19 .secured to the lateral edges `of the plate 9 hold the damper plate securely sfiitliin the depressed portion.` When in this position, it is apparent that the -heatdiend thereof, and cannot gain` access to the interior of the vehicle.- They radiator ,plate i) may befspecured to the door of the vehicle by suitable screws or bolts 20. 1

While I have -herein shown and, described :i particular or preferred invention, I desirel toy have vit understood that I need not confine myself (to all vthe precise detailsA of .construction herein set forth by and varie. yion may be ade without depart ing frl'nn `h'e'spirit flhe invention 'or exceeding the scope of the claims. Y What is claimed is: y 1. 111 audeviceofmthe class described. the

conibinatiniivitli motor vehicle, of a lient register arranged in the floor o said vehicle `over the exhaust pipe of 'the motor,

' s )faced iianv'esde endin from said'revister one upon each side of said pipe and being provided with grooves, and a ydamper plate adapted to slide iIr-*szirid' grooves, substantially as described.

El. Inn device of the classdeseribed, the 1 combination .With a motor q"vehicle, loi* a heat" register-includm o plate arranged in the door of seid Vehicle over the exhaust pipe lVhen it is desiredl to discontinne the flow of'heat, the-damper 14 may.

- engaged with the` shoulders'lO at the junotureof thedepressedf spring clamp rected by the collecting plate 17 `vvillpass beneath the'loor of the vehicle 'to the reary portion, y'.siibstantially y 4.1m a'devicej of the class described, the embodiment of 4theway of illustrating as modification ings, spaced kflanges depending Lfrom saidv plate one upon each side ofbeing provided with grooves, the saidp'late Vbeing providedfwith a transverse slot coin-y munica'tingat itsv opposite ends {with/:said grooves, andfle f damper slide in said grooves, substantially as described.V C V com ination'with a-'motor vehicle, oi" a heat registercomprising a plate arranged` in the oorofsaid vehicle over the exhaust pipe 'ani apertured depressed" entral portion providing spaced parallel shoulders, flanges: depending'from said'plate and being spaced vapart a ;distance equal to,` that between said shoulders and positioned 1 one ,on each side of said exhaust pipe,

said pipe 4and@ of the motor thereof, the said plate ,having the vsaid flanges ybeing ist plate adapted to Y 3. In a device 'of the class described-the providedswvithchannels,` .the Said plate hav ing,r .a transverse slot comnninicating' nl'. vits `ends with said channelsge damper plate adapted to slide .through said yslot and to for slidin movement the'rein,. and clamps secured a jacent fthe'edgesof said register plate and projectingv over i.said depressed as described.`

combination with o inotornvehi'cle, of a plate located. in the floor of,I said vehicle behind the engine having centrally disposed apers. tures,A said plate being1depressed inwardly..

from its` lateral edges to `provide `spaced parallel shoulders, a transverse slot equal 'in length to thek dis- 4 tance j between said shoulders, flanges en` tending inspaced relation from the under side oi seid plate and being connected and `being provided with engage at itsloppositefedges in saidchnnnels l `sie thereto oy said'vshoulderportions, the said Y flangesl lisvin'g grooves communicating with the opposite enn ofy adapted to slide in said` M. G. llIAizTIN.

saidslot, a damper plate lotA and grooves,v and dainps 'onfsidpregister plate, substanesk 

